# Incident 20100822044199I: Byron, CA, August 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 37.8756° N, 121.6421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byron, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8756&lon=-121.6421&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100822044199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON AUGUST 22, 2010 AROUND 1500 MR. WHITSITT JOINED A GROUP OF SKYDIVERS THAT WERE BOARDING A FULLY LOADED BEECH KING AIR N98B.  MR. WHITSITT GROUPED WITH A THREESOME THAT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT FIRST.  MR. WHITSITT DID NOT HAVE AN AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) INSTALLED.  THE MAIN PARACHUTE NEVER OPENED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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